March 26, 1863, The Ranchero (Corpus Christi, Texas) From the Fort Brown Flag. On the night of Saturday, the 14th, or rather on the morning of Sunday the 15th, a party of men, consisting of some citizens and some soldiers, so we have been told, (for the names and details of the transaction have been [...]
March 26, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) The Baltimore Clipper says Antonia J. Ford was the principal spy and guide for Capt. Mosely in his recent raid on Fairfax Court House, and aided in planning the arrest of Gen. Slaughter, Wyndham and others. She was arrested and brought to the Old Capitol Prison on Sunday last, [...]
March 26, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) We had the pleasure of examining at the Jewelry establishment of Mr. John Hill on 14th street, yesterday, a pair of very magnificent spurs, of solid burnished gold, which were imported through the blockade, from citizens of Maryland, as a present to General Lee. They are each engraved, on [...]
March 26, 1863, The Charleston Mercury VICKSBURG, March 25. – Two of the enemy’s boats attempted to pass down the river this morning. Our batteries opened upon them with effect. One was sunk opposite our batteries. The other was badly riddled, and now lies opposite the canal batteries. It is expected she will be sunk. [...]
March 26, 1863, The New York Herald Advices received from all parts of the seceded States go to prove how greatly the people suffer for provisions and food of every description. Prices have attained a height which places almost all the necessities of life out of reach of the poorer and even the middling classes, [...]
March 26, 1863, The New York Herald The cheering news from the Mississippi, which we have the pleasure to submit to our readers this morning, opens a splendid prospect before us. Admiral Porter, by a convenient bayou, has succeeded in running five gunboats into the lower Yazoo, and into the very position desired above Haines’ [...]
March 26, 1863, (Marshall) Texas Republican Capt. T. J. Coleman, who has just returned from a trip South, informs us that throughout the counties of San Augustine, Shelby, Sabine, Jasper, &c., provisions are very scarce and that corn is selling at from three to five dollars per bushel. He paid five dollars for himself and [...]
March 26, 1863, Peoria Morning Mail (Illinois) The London Times thus speaks of the condition of sewing women in London and represents a state of things truly deplorable: The young female slaves of whom we speak, are worked by gangs in ill ventilated rooms, or rooms that are not ventilated at all, for it is [...]
March 26, 1863, Clarke County Journal (Alabama) The high prices of everything we have to buy–provisions, paper, ink, &c.–compel us to raise the subscription price of the Journal. Accordingly we have placed it at $3 per annum, in advance. This is a very reasonable price for a newspaper considering the exorbitant prices of almost everything [...]
March 25th.—Two gunboats undertook to pass the batteries just at daylight this morning; one sunk in front of town; other badly damaged; reported sunk at 12 M. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)
March 25th. This morning, at five thirty, heard heavy firing up the river in the direction of Vicksburg, which continued until six A. M., at which time we got under way and steamed up the river, beat to quarters, and shelled the rebel earthworks at Warrenton. The rebels returned our fire with rifled field pieces [...]
Wednesday, 25th–A division of troops passed our camp going down the river, while General Logan’s Division came back again going on up the river.
Wednesday, March 25th. Early last evening the tremendous clatter of a sword that made such unnecessary noise that one might imagine the owner thereof had betaken himself to the favorite pastime of his childhood, and was prancing in on his murderous weapon, having mistaken it for his war steed, announced the arrival of Captain Bradford, [...]
25th. After reading some in the morning, went down to Minnie’s. Heard Ellie sing. Beat Minnie a game of chess. John beat me twice. Stayed to dinner. Did some chores and went down N. P. in the evening. Read and visited. Happy enough. How glorious it will be when war ceases, we victors and peace [...]
March 30, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The enemy begins to exhibit unwonted activity along our coast. On Wednesday last twenty-one vessels, four of which were evidently turreted iron-clads, and the rest gunboats or transports, appeared in North Edisto River. These vessels could be plainly seen by our pickets at White Point, and the transports seemed [...]
MARCH 25th.—We have no news to-day, excepting the falling back of Rosecrans from Murfreesborough, and a raid of Morgan and capture of a train of cars. Rosecrans means, perhaps, to aid in the occupation of the Mississippi River. It will be expensive in human life. Although our conscription is odious, yet we are collecting a [...]
March 25, 1863, Southern Watchman (Athens, Georgia) Are our friends in the up country aware of the fact that the paper mills throughout the Confederacy will have to stop unless they can procure a larger supply of rags? This is even so. The Pioneer Mill near this place has adopted a new rule. They sell [...]
March 25, 1863, Charleston Mercury Another Female Food Riot took place in Salisbury, N. C., on the 18th. The women concerned in it compelled the merchants to share with them their stock of flour, and also robbed several families of the stock laid in for home use. Salt, snuff and molasses was also taken.
March 25, 1863, Galveston Weekly News The undersigned having been creditably informed that our Texas soldiers in Arkansas have suffered, and are yet suffering from sickness and disease, incident to an unhealthy country, and that hundreds (we may say thousands) have died, mostly for the want of necessary and proper attention, respectfully recommend to the [...]
March 25, 1863, The Charleston Mercury Lieut. FRITH, who blew up the Indianola, gives the editor of the Natchez Courier the particulars. He says that on Wednesday night a Federal gunboat, which he is pretty well assured was the Tuscumbia (afterwards turning out to be a Yankee scare-crow), and which, by the way, is represented [...]
March 25, 1863, Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock) Batesville, March 15th, 1863. Mr. Editor: The military traveler sees many thing in this patriotic State worthy of preservation in the history of these eventful times. . . . Yesterday a prize drill came off in Shelby’s brigade. It was exciting and beautiful. The reward for the [...]
March 25, 1863, Dallas Herald Our informant who gave us the facts in regard to the capture of the Queen of the West, on Red River, and who was forced to go with the Queen down the Atchafalaya, relates the following incident: At one of the places burnt by the Queen, and owned by a [...]
March 25, 1863, Dallas Herald For several weeks past we have been compelled to print our paper on brown paper, and we shall probably be compelled to do so for several weeks to come. We have purchased a supply of white paper, which will cost us over $50 per ream by the time it reaches [...]
March 25, 1863, The Charleston Mercury COLUMBIA, TENN., March 18. In my last letter I gave you very fully the disposition of Van Dorn’s force upon Rutherford’s Creek, where he had taken position to meet the enemy. On the 10th we had retired from Spring Hill before a large force of the enemy, and taken [...]
March 25, 1863, Galveston Weekly News An army correspondent of the Chattanooga Rebel writes as follows: Our army is again in a good fighting trim, and the ranks rapidly filling up by the influx of absentees. I suppose it is better clothed, equipped and fed than ever before. The country is bountifully supplied with game, [...]